Cirque De Verre

Cirque De Verre at the Toledo Museum of Art

2009-10-15T23:16:00.000-07:00

Cirque De Verre will be performing at the Toledo Museum of Art on Friday, October 30th at 7pm. Come see us at the Museum's Glass Pavillion for a show you won't forget!

MIchael Jackson Tribute Workout Video

2009-08-19T07:47:00.000-07:00

What the trio train for their Adventure into the Land of Smoke and Mirrors, then to the West! They start out scrappy, but soon will become a well oiled machine.

Flux Teaser

2009-06-23T15:27:00.000-07:00

Watch our brave travelers as they embark on their voyage to the Land of Smoke and Mirrors.

Call for Entries

2009-06-07T19:58:00.001-07:00

CALL FOR ENTRIES:

Cirque De Verre at Goggle Works September 2009

Cirque De Verre is a collection of dedicated emerging artists who have developed a framework for performance that draws on our knowledge of glass and uses it to excite, entertain and challenge the audience’s assumptions about art making. Cirque De Verre uses the idea of “the circus” and superimposes it on the space of the “glass demonstration” as an alternative venue for performance art. The metaphor of the circus is comical, but rather than being an ironic satire we wholeheartedly embrace art-as-spectacle and artist-as-performer. The line between art and entertainment is fluid and we are explorers in search of meaning and relevance. In an effort to make performance art accessible to the audience, we combine our postmodern artistic sensibility with the circus, which Vladamir Lenin referred in 1919 as “the people’s art form.”

Cirque de Verre will be doing a performance at the Goggle works gala "Cirque de Arts," and is soliciting entries for the show.
The show will be done in the hot shop, for an audience of 150-200 people. We will have a digital projector and speakers available.
We are looking for performance and video which has some relationship to the theme of the show: the circus, and the overlap between art and entertainment. This call is open to artists and entertainers of all disciplines and your submission is not required to involve hot glass.
If you submit a performance pieces you must be available to travel for Reading, PA on Sept 11th, the show is on the 12th. If you are accepted we will discuss accommodations, travel and budget considerations.

To submit please send:
A written proposal
Photos and/or video which are relevant to your proposal
Resume
Contact information

Send all submissions via email to:

cirquedeverre@gmail.com

The Jurors, and Founders of Cirque De Verre: Kim Harty, Rika Hawes and Charlotte Potter

World's Strongest Woman History

2008-04-14T10:59:00.000-07:00

Guest Photographer at Urban Glass: Laurie Korowitz-Coutu

2008-04-14T09:38:00.000-07:00

Can Can

2008-03-21T20:07:00.000-07:00

Cirque De Verre will be performing at Urban Glass for their New York City Premiere on April 3rd.

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Sam's Flying Ladle

2008-02-29T19:27:00.000-08:00

Sam Geer and the ladle extravaganza.

SynchroBLOW

2008-02-19T20:40:00.000-08:00

Prepare to be wowed and amazed by the synchronized glass blowing piece by Kim Harty: SYNCHROBLOW! Its like synchronized swimming, but its glass blowing. The lovechild of glass, light, and music SynchroBLOW shows glass blowing in a way you've never imagined it before.

Wheaton Fellow Video Slide Talks

2008-02-17T20:18:00.000-08:00

Charlotte Potter

Wheaton Fellow Video Slide Talks

2008-02-17T20:01:00.000-08:00

Rika Hawes

Wheaton Fellow Video Slide Talks

2008-02-17T19:13:00.001-08:00

Each of the Wheaton fellows produced a sensational video slide talk shown at the world premier of Cirque De Verre. In these videos they discuss their art, ideas, and inspirations; so come see what these ladies are all about!

Kim Harty

Donkey Vs. Elephant

2008-02-17T18:35:00.000-08:00

Charlotte "Popper" Potter and Kim "Muscles" Harty face off in the political balloon battle, "Donkey Vs. Elephant." Who will be victorious, strength or skill, brains or braun? Watch the video to find out!

images of the world premier

2008-02-13T17:31:00.001-08:00

Fire Dancing Performance

2008-02-11T13:04:00.000-08:00

Fire Spinning Practice

2008-01-28T18:19:00.000-08:00

Sizzling temptress Rika Hawes gave us all fire spinning lessons. We photographed our moves with a slow exposure setting, revealing seductive spacial designs.

Introducing Cirque De Verre!

2008-01-28T07:43:00.000-08:00

This is the blog chronicling the evolution of the greatest glass show on earth: CIRQUE DE VERRE!. Cirque De Verrre is a group of dedicated glass artist creating performance art which is both enterianing and challenges ideas of glass making. Founded by Charlotte Potter, Kim Harty, and Rika Hawes during their fellowship at Wheaton Arts, Cirque De Verre has grown as a collaborative performance drawing on the creativity, humor and glass skills of all the artists involved. Cirque De Verre will be premiering on Feb.8th at 7PM at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center in Millville, NJ.